Chapter 2 :
The following morning, like every morning, Karura went to wake her three children, her husband had already gone to work for one hour, and the sun began hardly to be visible. She opened the door Temari's bedroom, this one as every day slept crooked, the head in the direction of her window and arms outspread like a bird.
At first, her mother had inquired with a pediatrician to know if this position was not dangerous, but the doctor had reassured her, if Temari was comfortable so and if she did not pass under blankets then it risked nothing.
She got closer to the bed of her daughter, and caressed her hair from top to bottom, as expected after a few minutes it pulled her of the land of dreams. Her elder daughter had the lightest sleep out of the three, and thus the one that it was the easiest to wake. This one sat down on her bed, after having turned to face her mother, and rubbed her eyes.
'' Hello mum, she murmured
- Hello my darling, slept well?
- Yes very, answered the girl
- Well, you go down to have breakfast while I am going to wake up your brothers. »
Temari jumped off the bed, and left her room to obey at the request of Karura. Now the task of the woman of Rasa was going to be more complicated. She entered in the next room to wake up her first son Kankuro. Him it was another story, he had the deepest sleep of the siblings, and also the most disturbed. His mother never found him lying down properly, sometimes he had his feet on the pillow, at other times he was in a ball like a cat, she had also found him sitting on the floor, his hands and head on mattress. This it was when he was calm, one morning, when she had come to wake him up, she had not seen him in bed and panicked, where was he, Rasa, who could feel the stress from his wife had left the bathroom and had joined her in their son's room. She had explained the situation to him, and after an inspection of the room he had caught him sleeping peacefully behind his construction castle.
This morning he was sleeping in the right direction of the bed, feet and fists in the air, and she found the posture relatively normal and amusing. She approached him, and shook him gently, with him she always had to be energetic or he would never get up. After a few minutes, he opened one eye, then closed it again, and repeated the same procedure with the second. He grunted when he recognized his mother's face and understood why she was there.
''Hello to you too Kankuro, she said amused
- He...llo...mu...mmy, he articulated between two yawns
- Wake up, it's time for breakfast''
She waited for him to get up and followed him as he walked out of his room, for safety she closed the door, he might have been tempted to turn around. She watched him walk down the stairs with difficulty and she entered Gaara's room only when she heard Temari say hello to Kankuro.
For the last of the siblings the situation was different, he sometimes had problems falling asleep because of the demon which lived in him, and was very restless, especially the nights of full moon, fortunately quite rare in the country of the wind . The boy's first nights had been a nightmare, he cried because of Shukaku and had prevented the whole family from resting. Rasa had decided that as long as a solution was not found, their two oldest children would go to sleep at their uncle's. The resolution of their problem had been settled by Kazue Akasuna No, Sasori's mother. This one after much research and nights at studying Gaara, had said that it needed something to appease the tormented spirit of the tanuki. The question had been to find what might be appropriate, and after some failed attempts, the two mothers had discovered that Shukaku was sensitive to music, and especially classical music. Karura had placed a music box next to her younger child's bed, and the calm returned to the Sabaku No house. Today the demon was more friendly with this family, especially with its host, but it still wanted music on full moon nights and nobody refused it.
Karura discovered Gaara lying on the side, holding his teddy bear firmly in his advanced silently, and stroked tenderly the cheek of the boy.
'' Gaara my angel, it's time to get up, she whispered
The power of the tanuki was weaker in the morning, but she did not prefer to thwart it, it was better not to put it in a bad mood. Her son opened his eyelids, and smiled, recognizing the benevolent face of the woman who had brought him into the world.
-Hello, he greeted her, rubbing his eyes
-Hello, did you and Shukaku sleep well?''
The devil loved when people were interested in it, it had a certain pride, and even if the life of humans was the last of its worries it appreciated when people addressed to it from time to time. Gaara nodded positively, and stood up, grabbed his mother's hand, and they both went down to join Temari and Kankuro.
After the meal, which was more or less long, the middle child only beginning to emerge only after swallowing his bowl of cereal and his glass of orange juice, the siblings went up to put on their uniform and retrieve their schoolbag. Then the little family took the road towards the school. Once at the gate, each found his friends, after having said goodbye to Karura. The latter spoke a few minutes with their teacher, then went away.
The day passed, and finally came the liberating bell, the mistress of the three Sabaku No was, as everyday, the first in front of the portal, checking that each of her pupils left well with a parent or a trusted guardian. It has happened in the past that ninjas from other countries disguise themselves to kidnap a promising child to integrate their village. Their teacher Miyu Mitsuko was born in a clan whose peculiarity was to see the true appearance of people, no jutsu or potion could trick their eyes.
Sasori stood in front of the gate when he saw her, and he decided to get closer to her.
''I come to pick up the three Sabaku No, he explained
For what other reason would the unmarried and childless jonin be in front of a school?
- I know Sasori-san, Karura-sama informed me this morning, they will not be long,
He greeted her, more out of politeness than real desire, the scorpion was not the most courteous ninja of the country of the wind.
- Sasori-san, he soon heard
Temari and Gaara rushed at him, and the younger clung to his trousers, while his sister, after respectfully bowing to him, stood beside him.
- Where is Kankuro?, he asked
- He comes, this idiot lost his rule, said the little blonde
- He will not be long, don't worry sensei, assured the youngest
Sasori plunged again his eyes into the blue ones of the last of the family, and once again found it hard to resist. So he did something he could never have imagined, he waited without complaining. Finally, the middle child appeared, walking nonchalantly.
- Don't apologize Kankuro, Temari reprimanded, arms crossed in front of her chest
The latter shrugged which amused the Akasuna No son, puppeteers were not reputed to apologize, and he took the road to becoming one. Sasori thought it wise to intervene, and ordered his team to set off.
- Did you have a mission today Sasori-sensei?, asked Gaara
- Not exactly, I had to evaluate the level of the puppeteers,
-Level shiver there must be better, commented Kankuro
-Perhaps but it is indispensable, our country can not afford to have under-trained or weak ninjas, and this in all the units, Baki-san takes care of the one of the wind, intervened Temari
The Sababu No girl was a mini Karura, she was smart and her mind was quick, she would surely have excellent years as a kunoichi. She looked up at him, and heconfirmed what she had just said by a nod, raising a smile to the blonde's lips.
- Your sister is right Kankuro, some of the ninjas that I observed today were lacking in practice and would have been killed if they had found themselves facing an opponent, he added
Temari's cheeks took a pretty pink hue, touched by the compliment of her teacher.
The jonin stood in front of them to show them the way to go, his team was excited to find out what they were going to do today. He had thought about it for a very long time, and thought he had found a good exercise, that they were capable of performing. They soon arrived in an abandoned area where no one ever came. It was a flat ground, at height, without a single tree, and without shadow.
-Today I will evaluate your endurance, he explained
-You want us to run, understood Gaara
- That's right, you and Temari are going to do 10 laps and you Kankuro you will make 12,
-What, but why I have two more rounds!, exclaimed the concerned
-13...
- But...
-14...
-Kankuro, you don't see that the more you answer him, the more he adds laps, then shut up and run, sighed his elder sister
Your sister is right, your brother should learn to keep quiet, what an idiot, he did not make the link between his delay and his higher number of turns than yours, commented Shukaku.
The siblings began to run around the field, which was larger than the one they used at school. Sasori knew that at this hour the heat was less intense and that it would be less tiring for his little protégé watched them carefully, examining how they used their chakra. Of the three, it was Gaara who did the best, it must be said that the demon that was in him, provided him an almost infinite amount of chakra, Kankuro was not too bad, if he became a puppet master he would need to know how to regulate the chakra in his hands, good physical condition and endurance were always more assets. Temari was on track, but at the end of the fifth round, he felt her become weaker, her energy reserve diminished, and he feared she collapses at every time. The final round for her younger brother and she came at last, and the scorpion noticed that she was struggling not to fall on the ground. He teleported himself behind her and crouched down, forcing her to sit on his thigh. Gaara joined them worried to see his sister breathing so fast and her cheeks so red.
- Temari are you all right ?, he asked
She turned her face towards him, leaving Sasori's comforting neck, and gave him a smile that was mean to be reassuring, she did not want to worry her little brother. Their sensei handed each of them a bottle of water, while glancing at the other boy of the family who did the same, while continuing to run.
-Why are you tired like that ?, wanted to know the jonin
-She is not accustomed to doing so much lap, at school the girls make only five, said Gaara
So it was that she had to make an extra effort, which her body had managed as it could.
-Temari, I won't give you any special treatment, in the world of ninjas a kunoichi is treated like a male shinobi,
He was clear and honest, he would not spare her, princess of Suna, daughter of kazekage or not. He will not lie to her, if she wanted to give up it was now or never. She planted her jade iris in his own and said to him in a firm and determined voice;
-I don't want it Sasori-sensei, I want to receive the same training as my brothers, I'm sick of girls being perceived as fragile little things, I will not burst into a thousand pieces and break myself if I do the same exercises as a man.
The burning fire in her eyes was more intense, more violent than the one that inhabited older male ninjas.
- Sure ?
- Certain !
-You will do what I tell you without complaining, even if at the beginning you will have to work harder than your brothers,
She jumped from his thigh, and stood before him, and it was without trembling that she swore she would be the best kunoichi of her generation.
-Very well, if it's that you desire then you will be placed on the same foot as your two brothers, he promised
-Thank you, she thanked him, her eyes shining with gratitude
Temari, Kankuro and Gaara were the children of the fourth kazekage, which made them the princess and the princes of the wind country, children of the kazekage being above those of the daimyo. The scorpion suspected that these three had always been protected by the inhabitants of Suna, and obviously this annoyed the elder. She was not wrong, life would not spare them because they were noble.
-I will never be late again sensei, swore Kankuro finally joining them
Like the other two, he offered him a bottle of water that the boy caught as if his life depended on it.
-You're not nice, he said once he had finished drinking
-I'm not here for that, but to teach you to be shinobis, retorted Sasori, amused by the attitude of the brown.
He then turned to Gaara, who was in his sister's arms, who was repeating to him that she was fine while stroking his hair, that it was only a little tiredness
-Gaara, I'm proud of you, you were able to manage your effort today, he congratulated him
I'm a bit for something, but I have to admit that you're not bad kid, Shukaku confirmed.
-Come on, let's go, it's time I returned you to your mother, he concluded. ''
All along the way back he watched over the only girl of the trio, and was relieved when he felt her energy level up gradually. He brought the siblings home, informed them that he was going on a mission for several days the next day, and recommended to Temari to train during his absence, which she promised him. He did not leave until they had disappeared behind the door of their house. He sighed, he began to attach himself to them, it was not a good sign, this mission away from these three little ones was very much appreciated, and surely allow him to pull himself together ... It was only a momentary weakness ... Just a delusion, everything would return in order on his return...
I already started chapter 3, help !