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Nee Kikoe Masu Ka?



A girl dressed in shades of blue and black disappeared into the dunes, followed closely by a group of police officers, all brandishing weapons and a deadly purpose in their pursuit. She managed to stay well ahead of the guards, always disappearing over the next dune before they could see her, though her foot prints lead them onward after her.

Hours later she fell to her knees in the sand, exhaustion finally catching up with her as the guards closed in to where she was, down on all fours, her body racked with coughs and flecks of blood staining the sand and her lips. "There she is!' A triumphant cry rang out from the cops, she looked over her shoulder at them and desperately crawled forward a few feet before coming into contact with something solid. As she looked up, her eyes became unfocused as her gaze met a blurry figure with dark hair looking down at her. She blinked and her blood-stained lips moved, but no sound came out as her balance faltered and she flee at his feet, her eyes closed and her breathing labored.

The police stopped dead in their tracks at the sight of the boy staring at the girl. Moments passed before the boy looked up, narrowing black-rimmed eyes dangerously as the plug to an enormous gourd on his back came away, allowing a torrent of sand to pour fourth as the eyes of the lead cop widened with realization, "Sabaku no Gaara." He whispered and turned to flee. He was the first to die, a wall of sand stopped him and collapsed over him, crushing him before moving to the others that tried to flee. The last man was barely older than the boy before him and took his own life, rather than knowingly suffer.

The boy smirked and looked down again at the girl breathing unsteadily, watching as tendrils of sand brushed the blood from her lips and disappeared into the gourd with their prize as he recalled the look she gave him before she collapsed, pleading for help instead of the fear that was the normal reaction. He moved around to her side and scooped her into his arms, surprised at her lightness despite all the fabric she was wearing. A breath later they were gone, all that was left in their place was a cloud of falling sand.

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I apologize for the shortness, it is just an opening chapter though n_n

Question, comments and constructive critisicsm are appreciated, whereas flames will be used to toast marshmallows.